Able Quote by Alicia Keys

My mother had always taught me to write about my feelings instead of sharing really personal things with others, so I spent many evenings…

— Cathy Guisewite

I wrote before I could write. I got my hands on a journal, maybe a hand-me-down; I had three older siblings. My first entries…

— Julianna Baggott

When things were not going right for me, writing was the only thing that kept my equilibrium right, it has always been a do-it…

— Aditya Dhar

My mother hid the struggle from us children. She complained about her salary, and she had a tough time. Although she became a headmistress,…

— Derek Walcott

I started writing when I was 5 years old. I would dictate stories to my mother, and she would copy them in a scrapbook.…

— Tom Robbins

When I was ten, my mother told me to write down my feelings. I eventually started writing a book. I wish I'd kept the…

— Franny Armstrong

I was writing for myself, not to be published. I was writing diaries, even letters, to myself or to anyone I was angry at.…

— Katie Piper

I started to write as a child as soon as I could read, or even before, when my mother read me Beatrix Potter at…

— Jane Gardam

When I was younger, I would write a ton, mostly because my mom told me I had incredible creativity and a gift of using…

— Michelle Visage

It is only through having a stable loving partnership that I began to feel in control enough to attempt a strict writing discipline, to…

— Kate Zambreno

When I was young, I wrote everything, and I thought I would be an all around writer, that I would write everything.

— Edward Hirsch

I've always been a very emotional person and as a child. I guess writing felt like something that I could do in private to…

— Arlo Parks